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Sunday, 29 June 2014

Holy month of Ramadan
started with the a great news by the Ministry of Interior when they announced
that the expatriates whose family members are already on visit visas can apply
for extension of visit visa. This news is warmly welcomed in the circles of
expatriates living in Saudi Arabia as they can keep their relatives with them
during the month of Ramadan. Many people wanted to stay in the Kingdom till
Hajj on visit visa but they were not able to do it earlier. But now with this
announcement, thousands of expatriates will be spending Eid with their loved
ones.

It should be kept in mind
that in an earlier statement by the Jawazat, the extension of visit visas was planned
to be stopped from July 01, 2014. We have already informed our reader about
that in this article “No
More Extension of Visit Visas after July 01”

Maj. Gen. Sulaiman bin
Abdul Aziz Al-Yahya, director general of passports, clarified that while the
restriction has been removed, visitors whose visas are due to expire must file
an application with the Passport Department.

Very
Important Tip for Expatriates

I would strongly suggest
each and every person who wants to apply for the extension of visit visa to
apply for it immediately. I have explained the procedure to “Apply
for Extension of Family Visit Visa” in this article.
If you don’t apply for extension, you will be imposed with fines and penalties
which may reach to SR 25,000/- per over stayer. Please do it immediately!